Raphael's 1504 painting 'The Dream of a Knight" was inspired by Scipio's dream. In this vision, a young knight must choose b/t two female symbols: Life of Virtue [book/sword] or Life of the Senses [myrtle] yet the perfect knight should live in harmony with Mind, Courage & Desire. pic.twitter.com/2CtDe4enXl
— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) June 10, 2026
“Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault.”
— Learn Latin (@latinedisce) June 10, 2026
— M. Tullius Cicero pic.twitter.com/wfMhPKh6og
Brasstown Bald, highest peak of Georgia⛰️
— Freddy🇩🇪 (@FreddyLA7) June 8, 2026
Looks a bit like the rainforest here. pic.twitter.com/uZjeW00p4j
Decapitations have always been a part of British culture. John Betjeman famously wrote this lovely verse about them -
— Gareth Roberts (@OldRoberts953) June 10, 2026
In the shires where the elms stand tall and true,
And buttercups gild the meadows bright,
The British soul, with its cheerful brew,
Faces the world in the West… pic.twitter.com/MegxpY1wyf
Scandinavians in the US are wealthier than Scandinavians in Scandinavia (data from 2013). pic.twitter.com/mnYFVh15CU
— paleoneoliberal (@armsq17) June 10, 2026
Tolkien once revealed that the Shire wasn’t pure fantasy.
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) June 10, 2026
In a letter from 1955 he described it as:
“more or less a Warwickshire village of about the period of the Diamond Jubilee.”
The most beloved world in fantasy was built from ordinary English countryside memories. pic.twitter.com/GEevFWfIQU
Thomas Sowell: "There is a four-stage pattern that the anointed class use to establish an artificial crisis:
— Sowell Economics (@sowelleconomics) June 9, 2026
1: Declare a crisis!
2: Come up with a solution!
3: Unintended consequences follow.
4: Blame the unintended consequences on something else.
Examples range from… pic.twitter.com/rrBWeoaMmy
“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life, because it is there that a civilization stores its memory and teaches the next generation how to think.”
— Athenaeum Book Club (@athenaeumbc) June 11, 2026
— Henry Ward Beecher pic.twitter.com/7qqtvVxQWO
Absolute banger pic.twitter.com/fTmIfwsdDE
— Classical Studies Memes (@CSMFHT) June 9, 2026
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